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- “I see bioethics in almost all aspects of life now.”
Posted on August 6, 2025
How can—and should—AI robots care for us? What ethical issues are raised by using animals as research subjects—including for transplanting animal organs into humans? These were among the wide range... - Recommendations and Practical Tools Issued for Conducting Ethical First-in-Human Pig Kidney Xenotransplant Clinical Trials
Posted on July 10, 2025
A multisite research team has issued ethical and policy recommendations for first-in-human clinical trials involving the transplantation of pig kidneys into humans. The first trial has been approved by the... - Applications Open: Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program
Posted on July 1, 2025
Applications for the inaugural cohort of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program are now open. This new Hastings Center program offers a one-year remote opportunity for project-focused... - Bioethicists Must Push Back Against Assaults on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Posted on June 24, 2025
Nine leading bioethicists, including Hastings Center President Vardit Ravitsky, call for bioethics to affirm its core commitment to justice and act against the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion. In... - Remembering George Annas
Posted on June 11, 2025
The Hastings Center for Bioethics mourns the passing of George Annas on May 30. Annas was a Hastings Center Fellow and the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University... - AI in Healthcare: Trust and Accountability—Takeaways from Our Conference
Posted on June 11, 2025
Cedars-Sinai and The Hastings Center jointly organized a timely conference on AI in healthcare on May 16 in Los Angeles. Discussions with leading experts in the field addressed evolving ethical,...
